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Stafford, Jo

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Personal name headingStafford, Jo
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Variant(s)Weston, Jo Elizabeth Stafford
Edwards, Darlene
Stump, Cinderella G.
Tussie, Buttermilk
Birth date19171112
Death date20080713
Place of birthCoalinga, Calif.
Place of deathCentury City, Los Angeles, Calif.
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationSinger
Found inJo Stafford sings Broadway's best.
Her Jo Stafford [SR] p1986: labels (Jo Stafford) notes (b. 11/12/18)
The Piano artistry of Jonathan Edwards, 195-? (Darlene Edwards)
Hemming, R. Discovering great singers of classic pop, c1991: p. 162 (Jo Stafford and Paul Weston also recorded under the pseudonyms Darlene and Jonathan Edwards)
AmeriGrove (Stafford, Jo; b. Coalinga, Calif., 11/12/20; recorded "Tim-tayshun" under the pseud. Cinderella G. Stump)
Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 18, 2008 (Jo Stafford; b. Jo Elizabeth Stafford Nov. 12, 1917, Coalinga, Calif.; American pop singer; briefly experimented with comedy under the name "Cinderella G. Stump" and performed parodies with her husband Paul Weston as "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards")
Los Angeles times WWW site, July 18, 2008 (Jo Stafford; b. Jo Elizabeth Stafford, Nov. 12, 1917, Coalinga, San Joaquin Valley; d. Sunday [July 13, 2008], Century City, aged 90; singer who was a favorite of GIs during World War II and whose recordings made the pop music charts dozens of times in the 1950s)
Google search, Sept. 29, 2010 (Buttermilk Tussie; pseudonymn used by Jo Stafford on the song "I love you for seven mental reasons")